Headlight-tilting device



W. L. THAETE ET AL HEADLIGHT TILTING DEVICE Filed June 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Q .I IVVENTORS WILLIAM L. Tl/AE TE T/YED MIT/017D a, Gala/at Patented Dec. 36,1924.

j airs HEADLIGHT-trimmer DEVICE.

' application filed June 7,

T0 all whom it may concern;

Be it known that we, WILLIAM 'L. THAE'1 E and FRED E. Mnrronn, citizens of the United" States, and residents of Colorado Springs, in the county of'El Paso and State of Colorado, have invented a new'and useful Headis hereinafter claimed, various details of" construction may be made to adapt it to different makes of automobiles.

The drawings are for illustrative purposes only, and are largely schematic and are therefore not drawn to scale.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation, partly in section, of the invention attached to a side bar and steering wheel column of an automobile; Fig. 2, a fragmentary side eleflvation showing the headlight tilted; Fig.3,

a plan view of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, an'enlarged sectional elevation showmgthe manner of mounting the tube and bracket, and Fig. 5,

a section onthe line AA. 1n Flg. 1, show- 1 ing the parts mounted on the steering wheel column. r

The reference character A denotes the side bar of an automobile, B V the steering wheel column, and D the steering wheel.

The invent on comprises a transversely disposed tube 1 mounted in brackets 2, said brackets being adapted to be mounted on the front fender F'as shown in Fig. a; standards 4: mounted on tube 1; an arm 5 adjustably mounted on tube 1; a cylnder '7 8, mounted on a side bar A mounted on cap 8; a disposed having a cap by loop 9; a yoke 10 1ston 11, having a piston rod 12,

in cylinder 7; a link 6 connecting arm 5 r and piston rod 12; a spring 13' disposed around piston rod 12 within cylinder 7; a-collar 14: mounted on piston rod 12 and held by set screw 15; a collar 14:' mounted on piston rod 12 and held by set screw 15*; a three way cock 16 connected to cylinder 7 by an L 17; an air reservoir 18, connected to cock 16 by pipe 19; a quadrant 20 and 1924. Serial No. 718,502.

' WILLIAM L. rimnrsarinv FREE) 11. Marronn, or COLORADO srn NGs ooLoRADo.

abracket 21 mounted on the steering wheel column B; a rod" 22, having a lever 23,*

mounted in said quadrant-.20 and bracket '1 "21; a main lever Qfl mountedonja stud '25" secured to side bar A a link 26 connecting lever 24 and arm C of rod 22;: a bar 27, c0nnecting' main lever 24 and goperating leven 28 of cook 16.' v

Assuming that air reservoir f 18 contains the devlce 1s operatedias' airunder pressure, follows: Lever 23 is pulled to the right thereby turning rod 22- which lifts link 26 and the upper arm of lever 2 11 This movewhich brings ports'16 and 16 to'the posi ment pulls bar 27 and'swings lever 28,

tion that permits a flow of compressed air from pipe 19 to L17. The pressure of said air forces piston 11 upward until 'collar'l l strikes yoke 10. This movement tilts the headlights 4? as shown in Fig. 2.

7 To return: the headhghts'to normal,'-le ver 23 is thrown back, which brings the portsin' cock 16 to the positionsshown in Fig. 1 and shuts ofl the air from pipe 19' and allows the?) air in cylinder 7 to escape. The pressure of spring 13 forces the piston 11 down and returns the headlights to normal, as shownin I Fig.1. 1 v

Threaded plugs28, having cone shoulders 29 and threaded extensionsv 30 integral th'erewith, are screwed intotube 1 and locked therein by lock nuts 31. Each brac'ket'2 is' provided with an inner and an outer ball race having balls 32 and 33'therein, respec tively. Gone shoulder 29 is disposed against balls 32 and cone34; screwed onthreaded extension 30 and locked by lock nut 35. These 1 bearings permit tube 1 to be held snugly without rattling and to turn. easily.

Air reservoir 18 may be filled from the regular airsupply at-filling stations or from a pump, stem 36.

The cock 16, and L 17 may be disconnected and a hydraulic operating means connected to L 17.

Claims:

-1. In a device of combination of a vertically disposed cylthe class described the the inlet value being in valve inder adapted to be mounted on the side bar within said cylinder adapted to hold said disposed around said piston rod of an automobilera piston rod, having a piston down; bracket adapted to be-mount- I from said reservoir, a three Way cock in com munication with said cylinder and connected to;said pipe; cock having an operating lever; a main lever ada-pteduto be mounted on sidebar of an automobile; a 7

bar connecting said levers; a quadrant and abracket ,a'daptedto be mounted on the steer ng. heel; column ot an automobile; a

rod having a'lever at the top and an arm at;

the; bottom, mountedin said quadrantand bracket; a link connecting said arm and said main lever; for the purposesiset forth.

:;2.'In --a device'of the class described the combination of a vertically disposed cylinderadapted tobe mounted onthe side bar of an automobilegia piston rod, having a piston thereon, disposed in said cylinder and extending through. the headthereof; a yoke onthe liead'ofi said cylinder; collars on said pistonv rod ithinsaid yoke; an open spring disposed around 'saidpiston rod ithin said cylinder adapted to hold said. piston doyvn; brackets adapted ,to be mounted on the fenders of an automobile a-horizontally disposed tube mounted in said brackets; head lights mounted on saidtube and connected to-sa-id piston rod and adapted to be actuated thereby; an air reservoir adapted to, be mounted on an automobile; a pipe leading from said reservoir, a three Way cock in communication With said. cylinder and connected 7 to said pipe; saidcock having. an operating lever a main lever adapted to be mounted. on

a side bar of an automobile; abar connecting 752L161 levers; a quadrant and a bracket ada-pt- 7 ed to be mounted on thesteering. heel column of an automobile; a rod having a lever at the top and an arm at the bottom, mounted 1'; conin said quadrant and bra cliet, i for neoting said arm and said main lever; the purposes set forth.

3. In a device of the class described the combination of a vertically disposed cylinder adapted tobe mounted on the side bar therein,

having threads therein; tvvo tl ire'adfed plugs eaohwhaving a cone, shoulder 'ai i'd ia threaded extension-, screwed into said tubes, and mounted in said brackets, thejcon'e shoulders being disposed against the balls'i'n onefball race ofeach bracket; a conefscreived on the threaded extension o' f eiacli j'plu'g and against tlie balls. in the oiiter ball rac'e; a lock nut screu ed againstfeacih outer cone; a ,1ock :nut screvve'd on jsaid plug against said tube; head lights mounted Gn'said tube; an arm mounted on said tube and connected to said fpiston rod andiac'lapted to be "actuated thereby; an reservoir adapted to be mounted dea meanwhile; a pipe leading from said reservoir, a three ivay cock in communication With "said cylinder and connected to said pipe; cock [having an operating lover; a main lever adapted to be mounted on a; side bar of an autbmobile: a bar cqnn cungsai d "levers; a quadrant and a bracket. adapted to b monnted on the steering heel column offan "automobile: a rod having a lever at the top'aiidan arm at the bottom 1nounted in said qi'iadrant and bracket a link connecting said arm and said main lever; for the purposes "set forth.

.W LL L Ii. THAE FRED MEFFO'RD;

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